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Welcome to the Anglican Parish of

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney

30 JUly 2017

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist, Baptism & Children’s Ministry Preacher: Fr Michael O’Brien Setting: Missa sine nomine ( Jewkes) Hymns: 500 466 498 499 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Michael O’Brien Setting: Missa Jesu redemptor (Gregorian chant) Hymns: 498 499 500 Motet: O virgo splendens (Red Book of Montserrat) Postlude: First Movement, Sonata No 1 (Mendelssohn) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Canticles: Evening Service (Woodside) Hymns: 150(i) And can it be 410 Anthem: Os justi (Bruckner) Postlude: Prelude in A Minor BWV 543 (Bach)

Morning PEWSHEET

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welcome to christ church st laurence Christ Church St Laurence is an inner city parish committed to the spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. As a congregation and as the Church we are committed to the support of the underprivileged, the persecuted and the socially marginalised. We are an Anglican church in the Anglican Catholic tradition.

THIS WEEK AT CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) MON 31 JULY 6.00pm Christian Meditation Jospeph of Arimathea, Ignatius of Loyola, priest and founder of the society of Jesus (d.1556)

TUE 1 August Holy men and women of the Old Testament

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

WED 2 AUGUST

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist

THU 3 aUGUST

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm FRI 4 aUGUST John Baptist Vianney, parish priest 6.00pm Eucharist (Ars, France; d.1895)

SAT 5 aUGUST Oswald, king and martyr (d.642)

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

Sun 6 AUGUST The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Gen 32.22-31; Ps 17.1-7, 16; Rom 9.1-16; Mat 14.13-21 Morning Prayer Eucharist Sung Eucharist & Children’s Ministry Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Setting: Missa sine nomine (Jewkes) Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Solemn Evensong, & Benediction Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah

7.00am 7.30am 9.00am 10.30am 6.30pm

Readings: The Revised Common Lectionary in NRSV (1997), Mowbray, London. Introit, Collect and Psalm: A Prayer Book for Australia (1995), Broughton Books, Sydney. Propers: The Roman Missal (1969 & 1983), E.J.Dwyer (Aust.). Reproduced with permission.

Mass Readings Please use these readings in conjunction with the coloured service booklet.

Breakfast is served after the 7.30am Eucharist today. Refreshments are served after the 9.00am Sung Eucharist and the 10.30am Solemn High Mass, all in the Parish Hall. All are welcome. If you are a visitor please ask a sidesperson for directions.

O God, the fount of wisdom, you have revealed to us in Christ the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price: grant us your Spirit’s gift of discernement, that, in the midst of the things of this world, we may learn to value the priceless worth of your kingdom, and be ready to renounce all else for the sake of the precious gift you offer.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

Then Jacob said to Laban, ‘Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.’ So Laban gathered together all the people of the place, and made a feast.

But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her. (Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid.) When morning came, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, ‘What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel?

Why then have you deceived me?’ Laban said, ‘This is not done in our country – giving the younger before the firstborn.

Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.’ Jacob did so, and completed her week; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.

FIRST Reading

For the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God.

SENTENCE

Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

COLLECT

Genesis 29.15-28 Laban said to Jacob, ‘Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?’

Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah’s eyes were lovely, and Rachel was graceful and beautiful.

Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, ‘I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.’ Laban said, ‘It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.’ So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to

Verses of the psalm are read alternately by a single reader and the congregation. A pause is observed at the colon for reflection. At Solemn High Mass, the choir sings the psalm.

Psalm 105 1.

2.

O give thanks to the Lord and call upon his name: tell among the peoples what things he has done.

Sing to him, O sing praises: and be telling of all his marvellous works.

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Mass Readings 3. Exult in his holy name:

and let those that seek the Lord be

joyful in heart.

4. Seek the Lord and his strength:

O seek his face continually.

5. Call to mind what wonders he has done:

his marvellous acts, and the

judgements of his mouth, 6. O seed of Abraham his servant:

O children of Jacob his chosen one.

7. For he is the Lord our God:

and his judgements are in all the earth.

8. He has remembered his covenant

for ever:

the word that he ordained for a

thousand generations, 9. The covenant that he made with Abraham:

the oath that he swore to Isaac, 10. And confirmed it to Jacob as a statute:

to Israel as an everlasting covenant, 11. Saying ‘I will give you the land of Canaan:

to be the portion of your inheritance.’

Second reading

Romans 8.26-39 The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

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What then are we to say about these things?

If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.’

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia.

Blessed are you Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom.

Alleluia.

Gospel

Matthew 13.31-33, 44-52 The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus put before the crowd another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but

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when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

“Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.” And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Lord, receive these offerings chosen from your many gifts. May these mysteries make us holy and lead us to eternal joy.

COMMUNION SENTENCE

Happy are those who show mercy; mercy shall be theirs. Happy are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.

Communion Motet O Virgo splendens Llibre Vermell de Montserrat The Red Book of Montserrat O Virgo splendens hic in monte celso, miraculis serrato, fulgentibus ubique, quem fideles conscendunt universi, eya pietatis oculo placato, cerne ligatos fune peccatorum, ne infernorum ictibus graventur sed cum beatis tua prece vocentur.

O Virgin, shining brightly, on this high serrated mountain, with splendid miracles all around, where the believers from everywhere ascend, ah, with your gentle loving eye behold those caught in the bonds of sin, that they not be vexed by the blows of hell but be called among the blessed by your prayer.

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Parish Lunch

SUNDAY NOTICES

The Parish Lunch will be held on Sunday 13 August. Special guests this year are the Rt Rev’d Ian Palmer, Bishop of Bathurst and our State Member of Parliament, Alex Greenwich. Tickets for the lunch are $30, while children and full-time students accompanied by a parent are free. All proceeds will support the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd (the Bush Brothers) in the Diocese of Bathurst. Places are limited and reservations are strongly encouraged.

Tickets will be available after Sunday Services from Belltower Books at the West Door and in the hall. The event is BYO wine and please advise if you have any dietary requirements at the time of booking or by contacting Colin Bannerman (0409 123 694) by 7 August.

This year will feature some new changes including musical entertainment and a children’s table with activities. If you would like to donate a prize for the “investment opportunity”, or know a person or business who may like to, please contact the parish office.

August Study Groups

Throughout the month of August, two study groups will run for four weeks. One of these groups will be held at CCSL on Monday evenings at 7.15pm, commencing Monday 31 July. The other group will meet in a private home on the Lower North Shore on Tuesdays at 10.30am, commencing on Tuesday 1 August. All are welcome to join one of these groups, which will be using Rowan Williams’ book Being Christian.

This book is available from Belltower Books for $15.00. If you would like to join either of these groups, you are asked to purchase your copy of the book as soon as possible and register your interest either at the bookshop or through the Parish Office.

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News from PNG

It was recently announced that Bishop Allan Migi has been appointed the next Primate of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. Bishop Migi will succeed Archbishop Clyde Igara, who visited CCSL a few years ago. Please pray for the church in PNG in this time of transition.

Belltower Books

Our Mob, God’s Story — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists is available, featuring 115 works by established and emerging artists and published by The Bible Society as part of its celebration of the 200th anniversary of its foundation in Australia in 1817, making is Australia’s longest surviving organisation. All proceeds go to further publishing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island languages. CCSL $45 (rrp $50)

Thursday 10 August St Laurence, Deacon & Martyr 6.00pm Procession & Solemn High Mass

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Parish Lunch

Sunday 13 August Octave of St Laurence Regular Sunday Services 12.00pm Parish Lunch

SUNDAY 13 AUGUST

Laneway Access

Construction of a new garden area has begun taking place in the laneway between the church and the rectory. During the construction period, access to the church (when the main doors are locked) will be from the Pitt St gates only. We apologise for this inconvenience. More information about this exciting project will be given in the coming weeks.

Anglicans Together Annual Dinner

The annual dinner will take place on 25 August 2017. Bookings are essential and must be made by 14 August. The guest speaker is the Very Reverend Professor Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on the topic: ‘Why be an Anglican?’ It is at 7pm, Cello’s Restaurant, Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. Cost is $70 pp ($65 concession) and bookings must be made by 14 August. Please visit anglicanstogether.org for more information.

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Special guest Rt Rev’d Ian Palmer, Bishop of Bathurst Tickets are available for $30 after all Sunday services from Belltower Books, places are limited.

Proceeds are supporting the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd in the Diocese of Bathurst.

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PARISH DIRECTORY Church address Parish office address Parish postal address Rector

812 George St, Sydney L2, 812B George Street, Sydney PO Box 1324, Haymarket NSW 1240 office@ccsl.org.au Fr Daniel Dries fr.daniel@ccsl.org.au

www.ccsl.org.au P 02 9211 0560 F 02 9212 2449 M 0417 662 776

SENIOR ASSISTANT PRIEST Youth Ministry Leader STUDENT MINISTER Licensed Clergy

Fr John Sanderson fr.john@ccsl.org.au Melinda Seed m.seed@ccsl.org.au Ryan Austin-Eames ryan.austineames@gmail.com Fr Ron Silarsah fr.ron@ccsl.org.au Fr Michael Giffin Fr Eric Hampson Fr Ian Crooks Rebecca Mychael r.mychael@ccsl.org.au Francesca Jones f.jones@ccsl.org.au

M 0408 130 864 P 02 9211 0560 M 0466 548 937 M 0400 814 518 M 0423 430 913 P 02 9327 8215 P 02 9211 0560 P 02 9211 0560 P 02 9211 0560

Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Brenda Hunter b.hunter@ccsl.org.au Anthony Miller a.miller@ccsl.org.au Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Parish Hall, 505 Pitt St choir@ccsl.org.au Neil McEwan AM frscm n.mcewan@ccsl.org.au Peter Jewkes p.jewkes@ccsl.org.au Joshua Ryan j.ryan@ccsl.org.au Helen Hewson office@ccsl.org.au Editors tdt@ccsl.org.au

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ParISH ADMINISTRATOR OUTREACH & COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT Wardens: wardens@ccsl.org.au Treasurer Choir office Director of Music Organist organ scholar Belltower Books THE DEACON’S TREASURE

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MEDITATION & SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Ann Bergman a.bergman@ccsl.org.au

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Head Server SacristanS

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Head Sidesperson Head Verger Belltower Captain

Brian Luhr OGS oam bluhr1@bigpond.com Scott Batey John Wood Peter Hanson peterhanson.1108@gmail.com Darren Churchill vergers@ccsl.org.au Dace Vare ringers@ccsl.org.au

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